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Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Credit Quandaries Lesson PlanPbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Credit Quandaries Lesson Plan
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PBS
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Lesson Plans
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Lexile Measures
880L
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Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Credit Quandaries

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"Credit cards are not free money." Just how do credit cards work? This site provides a lesson in which students investigate the lure of credit card companies, the pitfalls of credit debt, and the impact of credit debt on our society. Detailed list of credit terminology and a mock application. Good lesson for young, potential credit card users. Printable worksheet and links to related PBS sites.

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Concepts

credit, credit cards, debt, interest

Additional Tags

consumer credit, consumer debt, consumer economics, cooperative learning, credit card debt, personal debt, pbs, credit and debt

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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